This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.

A unique hotel for the artistic soul.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

The great Danube river starts here.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.